Brigid Schulte is the Director of the Better Life Lab, using the power of story to reimagine better work, family, gender, and care in public policy, workplace practice, and cultural attitudes. She works at the intersection of personal transformation and systems change to ensure that all people can live a rich, full, and wholehearted life. Schulte is an award-winning journalist, keynote speaker, and author of Over Work: Transforming the Daily Grind in the Quest for a Better Life and the New York Times–bestselling book on time pressure, gender, and modern life, Overwhelmed: Work, Love & Play When No One has the Time.
Schulte was an award-winning journalist for The Washington Post and The Washington Post Magazine and was part of the team that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize. Schulte hosts the Better Life Lab podcast on Slate. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, Financial Times, The Guardian, TIME, Slate, U.S. News & World Report, New York Magazine, Fast Company, CNN, and many others. Schulte is a frequent television, radio, and podcast guest and has been quoted in numerous media outlets.
Schulte lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband and their two children.
